Discover padel drills for beginners designed to teach the fundamentals of the game step by step. Ball control, groundstrokes, volleys, serves, movement and basic tactical situations: these exercises will help you build simple and progressive training sessions for players who are new to padel.
Used in training by Alejandro Galán and Federico Chingotto, this drill helps players work on ball control in the short game, which is very useful in match situations where both pairs are positioned at the net. It consists of playing points within a very restricted zone close to the net…
In this training session, we present 3 drills that can be used to work on ball control in 1 vs 1 with your partner, or as a fairly complete warm-up at the beginning of a session. They consist of controlled rallies with different play sequences, gradually increasing in difficulty.
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Taught in pre-season at the Gustavo Pratto Academy, this exercise is a comprehensive defending session against a variety of balls in the middle of the court. Here, players work on their low defense and lobbing…
This exercise at the start of the training session provides a gentle warm-up, while improving ballcontrol. Before returning the ball, the player must make a small control stroke towards the back glass.
These sessions cover the technical fundamentals of padel, breaking down each stroke step by step to learn it progressively. They are suitable for beginner players who are learning the technical motions, as well as intermediate players who want to improve their technical precision.
Practiced in training by Juan Lebrón, this classic free-play training exercise in parallel works all aspects of the game in a competitive dynamic and with great intensity.
Used in training by Miguel Lamperti and Agustin Tapia, this intense exercise simulates a free play situation on the diagonal. The set-up by the coach allows each player to orientate his role at the start, before playing the point freely in the diagonal only.
